Description:
Village among Nations recuperates a missing chapter of Canadian history: the story of traditionalist Mennonites who emigrated from Canada for cultural reasons, but then in later generations "returned" in large numbers for economic and social security.
Brief description:
Royden Loewen is the Chair in Mennonite Studies and a professor in the Department of History at the University of Winnipeg. He is an award-winning author of a number of books on Mennonites and immigrants in North America.
Review Quotes:
'Loewen has created a sources that transcends the academy and is accessible for a broad audience.The book's most significant contribution is that it creates a scholarly map identifying the terrain for future studies. As such, this is a path breaking work.'
--Patricia Harms, Journal of Mennonite Studies, vol 32:2014'Village among Nations is a patiently pieced together patchwork of memoirs, letters, newspapers, diaries, and the research of graduate students; what emerges from the many pieces is a coherent and compelling whole, the most comprehensive portrait of the Low German world to date.'
--Robyn Sneath, The Mennonite Quarterly Review; January 2015'Royden Loewen's monograph is a fantastic, insightful, and nuanced study... The book is an important contribution to migration history and is a must read for anybody interested in adding transnational perspectives to Canadian history.'
--Benjamin Bryce, Canadian Historical Review vol 97:01:2016"In Village among Nations, Loewen covers a tremendous amount of geographic territory and nearly a century of time. Like an expert guide, he takes the reader through all of this with a fine mix of storytelling and historical analysis."
--Brian Froese, Department of History, Canadian Mennonite University"Royden Loewen is an engaging storyteller and a solid scholar. Village among Nations will be of interest to those curious about the experience of transnationalism among Canada's minority groups."
--Doreen Klassen, Department of Folklore, Memorial University